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Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: Urchin on April 07, 2006, 10:17:15 PM: Well, I was playing around with my stick and this new throttle, trying to get them working, when I look up and realize my screen froze.

So I hold in the pwoer button, turn it back on.

"Disk read error".

Take out the HDD, put in an old IDE one I have, it gets past that point, but then up comes a "we are sorry, windows didnt load right, how do you want to load" screen,

Pick safe mode with command prompt, it reboots itself at

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows\System32\drivers\Mup.sys

Any idea what is wrong? Two different problems? One friend HDD and just some random problem with my old HDD (which worked alright, I just got a new one to put in my new computer).

I'm real pissed, I'm about tired of taking **** and getting ripped off and laying back and asking politely for another. If this ******* fried my computer, I'm either driving to VA and stomping the **** out of his face, or suing him for a few thousand dollars.
Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: Urchin on April 07, 2006, 10:29:20 PM: And now I took the normal HDD and put it back in... and it booted up alright.

It came to windows log in screen and said the registry got corrupted and had gone to a backup copy. So now I'm running a virus scan and adaware scan.

I don't know what the hell happened.
Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: Stone on April 08, 2006, 02:31:46 AM: I had some years ago, a PC that corrupted files randomly on the HD.
I could not figure out the problem for years, but when I finaly upgraded to a new MOBO the problem dissapeared.

One indicator can be the big components on the MOBO. I think the technical name is "condensators". They look like small towers on the MOBO. If you look at them closely and notice that they have expanded and some brown stuff has come out from the top, then you have found the problem.

As I am a guy with bad luck, I also broke my second and third MOBO :(

The last one has no physical faults when I look at it. But I think some controller chip is faulty.

When I try to install big programs, eg. AH2 and the skins, I get CRC or similar errors.

I even copied a big file (>200MB ) from c: to c: and then did a FC (file compare) on the two files.
To my big suprice the files was different !

After installing yet an other MOBO all is working great again.

So I would take a close look for broken "condensators" first.
Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: eagl on April 08, 2006, 02:47:23 AM: Condensators are why Uncle Owen bought the new R-2 unit, and look what that led to. You're really thinking about "capacitors" on the motherboard.
Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: Urchin on April 08, 2006, 03:39:38 AM: Yea, it looks like the registry got corrupted or something.... I put the normal HDD back in and it loaded up ok and went with a backup copy.. computer works, stick still doesnt.
Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on April 08, 2006, 03:47:03 AM: Your stick is infected. Could lead to very serious complications. I'd get that checked out right away.
Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: Stone on April 08, 2006, 04:43:37 AM: Quote
Originally posted by eagl
Condensators are why Uncle Owen bought the new R-2 unit, and look what that led to. You're really thinking about "capacitors" on the motherboard.

Yes capacitors, thats the word :)

I have seen many PC with broken capacitors lately. Even Dell brand PC, not just clones.
Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: humble on April 14, 2006, 01:46:41 AM: Sounds like a cracked MB to me. Some MB's are 6 layer laminate but many are just 4 now....both will crack over time. Once they do all kinds of wierd stuff happens. The newer systems have alot of heat related expansion cycles and it happens......then again could be an infected stick as well....but normally that will show up differently in my limited experience....
Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: DiabloTX on April 14, 2006, 02:33:46 AM: Quote
Originally posted by eagl
Condensators are why Uncle Owen bought the new R-2 unit, and look what that led to. You're really thinking about "capacitors" on the motherboard.

Yeah, C-3PO was for the binary language of moisture vaporators. Uncle Owen had the bling, yo.
Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: Balsy on April 17, 2006, 02:57:18 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Stone
Yes capacitors, thats the word :)

I have seen many PC with broken capacitors lately. Even Dell brand PC, not just clones.

If your looking at the capacitors, I would concentrate on the FLUX capacitor, as that seemed to cause Doc a lot of problems with this Delorean.

Balsy
Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: Reschke on April 17, 2006, 04:07:02 PM: Personally I think it might have been the Kneuter valve on the dilithium oxide grid within the coolant bypass route.
Title: Nevermind, new and even BETTER problem
Post by: Balsy on April 17, 2006, 04:14:22 PM: Of course it could be the Fetzer Valve, you'll need some ball bearings, gauze pads and some Pennzoil.....no....wait.. ...Make that Quaker State....